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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

With that said, I just finished watching Doomsday for MMPR. It is odd how they talk to Zordon in the end as if they completely removed Rita from the equation even though they did not. Did they just stop seeing her as a threat? IT comes off as weird because if it weren't for Tommy's return, you could just jump off into Zedd's arrival in S2 at that point as it would make more sense.

Doomsday was the planned finale for the show. The story goes that Rita's son Bubba was going to pilot Cyclopsis (much like Bandora's son in Zyuranger), the Rangers would beat her and the series would end. When Saban realized how much of a hit they had on their hand, they went back to Toei and the two worked out the deal for the Zyu2 footage. That's why the Zyu2 footage starts up immediately after Doomsday. So Doomsday is rescripted a bit, and the series continues.

As Saban is working through the Zyu2 footage, the stuff from Dairanger becomes available. Hence the removal of the Dinozords and the introduction of the Thunderzords, but still Zyu2 monsters for a while. The monster that causes the end of the Dinozords is a Zyu2, for instance, Pirantishead. When the Zyu2 footage is exhausted, the monsters from Dairanger begin.